da realbet： Two brilliant knocks from Khaled Mashud Pilot and Anisur Rahman had postedRajshahi Division well into a commanding position after day-3 of IspahaniMirzapore Tea 3rd National League
Staff Correspondent18-Feb-2002Two brilliant knocks from Khaled Mashud Pilot and Anisur Rahman had postedRajshahi Division well into a commanding position after day-3 of IspahaniMirzapore Tea 3rd National League. Their opponent Khulna Division isfighting to evade the looming innings defeat with 147 for 4 at the close ofthe day.Rajshahi had amassed 536 runs for 8 wickets when their swaggering skipperKhaled Mashud decided to declare the innings against a Khulna first inningstotal of 239. Mashud hammered the second double century (201 not out) in theLeague (Minhajul Abedin got the first one) with good support he got fromAnisur Rahman (107) and the Shamimul Haque (43).Mashud, the skipper and wicket keeper of Bangladesh National team, has addedmore 144 runs to his overnight tally. To reach the double figure he sent theball 18 times to score boundaries and chose the aerial for a singleoccasion. Thanks to his fifth wicket stand with Anisur Rahman that procuredRajshahi 155 runs.With Shamimul he summed up another 108 runs in the next wicket and declaredthe innings soon after he reached his double hundred.Khulna Division suffered a middle order collapse after a good start.Sajjadul Hasan (45) and Nahidul Haque (43) set in motion auspiciously asthey gathered up 88 runs in the opening stand.However, after Nahidul’s departure Khulna middle order crumbled miserably asthey lost the next 3 wickets in quick succession. At stumps they werepulling out all the stops on 147/4 with Hasanuzzaman (31) and Asadullah Khan(19) on the crease.